Improvement in apparatus for upholstering stools and seats



G. W. ARCHER. APPARATUS. FOR UPHQLST'ERIN G STOOLS AND SEATS. No.184,818 Patented NnvjZB, l'87'6'.

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GEORGE W. ARCHER, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IAN APPARA'rus FOR UPHOLSTERING s'rooLs AND SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 184,818, datedNovember 28, 187 6 application filed September 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that -I, GEORGE W. ARCHER, of thecity of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatus forUpholstering Stools and Seats; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation. Fig. 2 is a viewof the partially upholstered stool. Fi 3 is a plan of the curb thrownopen.

,My improvement relates to an apparatus Such work has usually been doneby hand, which is slow and laborious. The work which is produced is alsoimperfect, for the reason that it is very difficult for the operator toso press and draw down the cover over the packing as to make all partsof the upholstery even and regular.

My invention consists of a pressing apparatus, constructed, arranged,and operating as hereinafter more fully described.

A is a frame of any convenient form. B is a screw passing down throughthe frame, and operated by a hand-wheel, a, or any equivalent device. 0is a follower at the bottom of the screw, connected therewith by ajoint, I), which allows the follower to be turned independent of thescrew. Thefollower is raised and lowered by turning the screw upanddown.

D is a rotary head attached at the bottom of the frame, some distancebelow the follower, by a pivot, 0, so that it can be turned at pleasure.The follower is made to correspond in shape with the stool or seat whichis to be upholstered, varying according to the articles operated on. Forstools it is usually round or square. E is a curb; also, of the shape ofthe article to be upholstered. It is of suitable height to receive thenecessary amount of packing for one operation, and it is open at bothends. The lower end fits upon or outside the seat G, while the upper endreceives the follower 0 within it. This curb is in two or more sections,f f, which are hinged together at g, and secured by a clamp, h, or otherdevice.

The operation is as follows: The curb E is filled with the packing andplaced upon the seat G, which, in turn, rests on the rotary head D. Thefabric m, forming the cover, is laid over the packing, on top of thecurb, and the follower is then forced down upon the cover and packing.When sufficiently compressed, the clamp h is unfastened, the curb swungopen and removed, leaving the packing closely compressed upon the seatGr, and the cover on the packing in proper shape for drawing down andtacking. The edges of the cover m are drawn down and tacked by theoperator, who turns the rotary head D and follower 0 around as fast ashe does the work. The gimp is their securedin place, and the work iscompleted.

Much labor is saved by this machine, as one man will do the work ofseveral in the old way. The work is also much better, as the packing iscompressed more solidly and with greater evenness and regularity.

-It is very difficult for an operator to draw down the cover by hand,one point at a time,

and do even work.

In this machine the whole is pressed down square, and held while theoperator is doing the tacking, obviating any strain upon his hands, and,consequently, loosening the work. The seats thus formed will retaintheir shape much better than when done in the old way.

A special feature in this invention is the jointing or pivoting of thefollower O and head D, so that the same may be turned by the operator asfast as he tacks the cover. This enables the pressure to be maintainedon the packing while the work is brought to face the operator. Thisrotary motion is allowed without turning the screw back, by

which means the power is retained at all times.

What I claim herein as new is- 1. The apparatus herein described,consisting of the screw B, follower G, rotating head D, and curb E, thefollower and head being arranged to rotate free of the screw, the wholecombined to operate as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the curb E, of the In witness whereof I havehereunto signed follower O and head D, arranged on pivots my name in thepresence of two subscribing or joints b 0, whereby they are capable ofrowitnesses. tary motion independent of the screw, as and. for thepurpose specified.

3. The curb E, constructed in sections f f, Witnesses;

hinged at g, and the clamp h, combined to B. F. OSGOOD, operate as andfor the purpose specified. OHAUNGEY NASH.

GEOJW. ARCHER.

